HAIL OF STONES

Red Bull Sea To Sky is a Hard Enduro event in the Turkish resort of Kemer, where the world’s motocross elite go head-to-head for three days solid, across beaches, through forests and finally up a mountain. Avoiding flying pebbles is the least of their worries.

JUMP CLEAR

The UK’s Mike Slater (front) rides the training circuit in Kemer, ahead of the Forest Race on the second day of competition. The stage comprises 46km of forest, gravel and trial track. Fellow Brit Graham Jarvis, the defending champion, knows how to get through it as quickly as possible – and in one piece. “You have to analyse the 5m ahead of your front wheel as quick as a flash and choose the line with the most grip.”

SANDSTORM

The Beach Race at Kemer on day one determines the starting order for the two main stages: the Forest and Mountain Races. After a mass start, there’s a high-speed section leading into a motocross course complete with turns, hills and trial- style obstacles. Here, Britain’s Jonny Walker, who dominated the 2015 Hard Enduro series, takes first place.

A CHAMPION’S TACTICS

Graham Jarvis

Enduro veteran Graham Jarvis after crossing the finish line. The 40-year-old missed his pit stop during the Mountain Race, got past rivals Jonny Walker and South Africa’s Wade Young, and went on to win his fourth Red Bull Sea To Sky title.

Paul Bolton

OFF-ROAD RACERS

Showdown on day three. Race favourite Jonny Walker thrashes his KTM 300 EXC through the Kesme Bogazi gorge in Kemer. The crowning stage of the Mountain Race leads from the beach downtown up to the 2,365m volcano Lycian Olympos. Despite having suffered a heavy fall when he overshot a cliff, the 24-year-old keeps the race exciting all the way to the end. “The adrenalin kills the pain,” he says later.